IND vs SA 1st Test, Indias Probable Playing 11: Rahul Dravid Confirms Wicketkeepers Name For Centurion Test

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IND vs SA 1st Test, Indias Probable Playing 11: Rahul Dravid Confirms Wicketkeepers Name For Centurion Test


Team India will resume their World Test Championship (WTC) journey after they tackle South Africa in Centurion from Tuesday (December 26). On this tour, India are enjoying two Tests. The second match is subsequent yr in Cape Town. The trio of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and head coach is again collectively after the World Cup. The life strikes on for these three after the damage of the ultimate of World Cup which India misplaced to Australia.

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All eyes are on India’s enjoying 11 for the 1st Test. There are some thrilling names within the squad. India will certainly miss Mohammed Shami on this collection hwo is dominated out because of ankle damage. Ishan Kishan took a break from cricket too and got here again to India whereas Ruturaj Gaikwad was dominated out due to an damage as nicely. 

India are prone to open with Yashasvi Jaiswal and skipper Rohit, adopted by Shubman Gill at No 3 and Virat Kohli at 4. Shreyas Iyer will bat at No 5. It is the wicketkeepers’s slot that’s in query right here. 

There are two keepers in India squad in type of KS Bharat and KL Rahul. Bharat will not be as environment friendly with the bat as Rahul is. At the identical time, Rahul is inferior to Bharat with the retaining gloves, a minimum of on this format of the sport. But head coach Rahul Dravid has confirmed that will probably be KL Rahul who will probably be donning the gloves and never Bharat. 

Dravid is hoping that Rahul’s expertise of retaining within the fifty overs cricket comes useful within the Tests and he delivers the nice within the first Test. “It’s an exciting challenge. It’s an opportunity for him to do something different. With Ishan unavailable, we had a couple of keepers to choose from. Rahul is very confident about giving it a go. We understand that he hasn’t done that quite often (in longest format), but he has done it in fifty overs, and even that is tough,” Dravid mentioned throughout a pre-match convention.

The circumstances in South Africa are such that the visiting groups, particularly from the subcontintent, should look to strengthen their batting. The swing and the bounce is hard to take care of in southern hemishphere nations like South Africa and Australia. Hence, the necessity to have extra high quality batters within the lineup.

“He (Rahul)has done a lot of keeping in the past five-six months. One of the things here is that there is more pace bowling than spin, which will ease him into the role. We will see how it goes. It is nice to have someone like him, someone who has the ability with the bat and keep,” mentioned the Indian head coach.

India possible enjoying 11 1st Test vs South Africa: Rohit Sharma (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Ravindra Jadeja, R Ashwin/Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Mukesh Kumar





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